Hat-folder.



QPATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED 8132128. 1905.'

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. FELDMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ETHEL V.MARTlN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application filed September 28, 1905. Serial No. 280,518-

To LtZZ whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. FELDMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is a device for holding a ladys hat on a seat in atheater or the like, and includes means whereby the hat can be attachedto the device with no danger of its falling off.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the device, andFig. 2 is a top View. Fig. 3 is a front View of a modification.

The holder comprises a tube 6, which stands in an upright position andhas at its upper and lower ends projecting arms 7, which are hinged at 8to cars 9 011 a plate 9, secured to the chair-back 10. The tube is ofproper size to receive a hat-pin, as indicated at 11, which is insertedthrough the hat and then into the tube. The inner end of an arm 7 issquared and rests against a flat spring 12, seated between the ears 9and held in place by bosses 18 on the plate at the ends of the spring.

IVhen in use, the holder is swung out and the hat placed over the same,and the hat-pin is then stuck down through the hat and the tube. Whennot in use, the holder can be swung in against the chair, so as not toobstruct the passage between the rows of chairs. Where it isimpracticable or undesirable to hang the hat on the holder, the hat-pinsat least may be held in the tube, and the holder also affords aconvenient place for hanging gloves or other articles of apparel andwill also act as a hook whereon a mans hat or a coat may be hung, ifdesired, a short extension of the tube above the upper arm 7 serving tohold the article or garment as a hook.

The modified form shown in Fig. 3 comprises a tube 20, having flanges 21on each side, which are attached to the chair-back by screws 22. A hatmay be fastened on the holder by sticking a hat-pin through the same andinto the tube in a manner similar to that above described.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patient, is"

A hat-holder comprising a supp orting-plate adapted to be secured to theback of a chair, a horizontally-extending rigid arm pivoted thereto toswing laterally to and from the back of the chair, an upright tube fixedto the outer end. of the arm and adapted to receive a hat-pin, the upperend of the tube projecting above the arm, to form a coat-hook, and meansbetween the arm and the plate to yieldingly hold the former swung out orin.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY E. FELDMAN.

Witnesses CLARA PROSOHE, SIGNA FEL'rsKoG.

